Soya Milk Question Please

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I am new here and am searching for help. I had gestational diabetes and now have IGT/prediabetes whichever is the way to say it and I am floundering around in an attempt to stay healthy but primarily loose weigh.

I switched from milk as I read it lactose is full of sugar and am getting on well with Soya Milk. Is this a good switch? Does soya have too much sugar? Should I be having a certain type?

Please help me. I need to know the lion-traps I think. Are there any really good books I can read about Carb Counting etc?

Many thanks in advance, I'm all a bit at sea and feel extremely lonely about it all. Why do people keep offering me dessert when they know full well I will say no?? Why don't people get it?

I am new here and am searching for help. I had gestational diabetes and now have IGT/prediabetes whichever is the way to say it and I am floundering around in an attempt to stay healthy but primarily loose weigh.

I switched from milk as I read it lactose is full of sugar and am getting on well with Soya Milk. Is this a good switch? Does soya have too much sugar? Should I be having a certain type?

Semi skimmed has 5.0 gm of carbohydrate per 100ml so Soya milk is less with just 0.9 gm carbs per 100ml.

Please help me. I need to know the lion-traps I think. Are there any really good books I can read about Carb Counting etc?

There is the Calorie, Carb and Fat Bible which you can get on Amazon or maybe local book shop. Also the Collins Gem Carb counter.

Many thanks in advance, I'm all a bit at sea and feel extremely lonely about it all. Why do people keep offering me dessert when they know full well I will say no?? Why don't people get it?

Many thanks
M

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Here is the information that Ken and I compiled to help new Diabetics, hope it is of some help to you. As for people offering dessert.....they just do ! It's habit and tradition ! :roll:

Here is the advice we usually give to newly diagnosed diabetics. We hope that these few ideas gained through experience help you to gain control and give you some understanding of Diabetes. This forum doesn't always follow the recommended dietary advice, you have to work out what works for you as we are all different.

It's not just 'sugars' you need to avoid, diabetes is an inability to process glucose properly. Carbohydrate converts, in the body, to glucose. So it makes sense to reduce the amount of carbohydrate that you eat which includes sugars.

This is NOT a low carb diet suggestion, just a reduction in your intake of carbohydrate. You have to decide yourself how much of a reduction will keep your blood glucose levels in control.

The main carbs to avoid OR reduce are the complex or starchy carbohydrates such as bread, potatoes, pasta, rice, starchy root veg and also any flour based products. The starchy carbs all convert 100% to glucose in the body and raise the blood sugar levels significantly.

If you are on Insulin you may find that reducing the carb intake also means that you can reduce your dose of insulin. This can help you to keep weight gain down as Insulin tends to make you put on weight and eventually cause insulin resistance. This should be done slowly so as not to cause hypos.

The way to find out how different foods affect you is to do regular daily testing and keep a food diary for a couple of weeks. If you test just before eating, then two hours after eating, you will see the effect of certain foods on your blood glucose levels. Some foods, which are slow acting carbohydrates, are absorbed more slowly so you may need to test three or even four hours later to see the effect that these have on your blood glucose levels.

Buy yourself a carb counter book (you can get these on-line) and you will be able to work out how much carbs you are eating, when you test, the reading two hours after should be roughly the same as the before eating reading, if it is then that meal was fine, if it isn’t then you need to check what you have eaten and think about reducing the portion size of carbs.

When you are buying products check the total carbohydrate content, this includes the sugar content. Do not just go by the amount of sugar on the packaging as this is misleading to a diabetic.

As for a tester, try asking the nurse/doctor and explain that you want to be proactive in managing your own diabetes and therefore need to test so that you can see just how foods affect your blood sugar levels. Hopefully this will work ! Sometimes they are not keen to give Type 2’s the strips on prescription, (in the UK) but you can but try!!

If you are an Insulin user in theory you should have no problem getting test strips.